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Accenture’s innovation challenge shows where enterprise AI talent Is headed: Root-cause analytics, digital twins, and human-in-the-loop care

As enterprises push AI from pilot to production, the next generation of engineers is already working on the problems that matter most to CIOs: explaining why performance dropped, preventing defects before they happen, and keeping humans in charge of high-stakes decisions.

Students from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Hyderabad won the Accenture Innovation Challenge 2026, themed “Reinvent with AI.” Teams from IIT Roorkee and IIT Delhi finished as first and second runners-up, respectively. The competition is Accenture’s flagship annual innovation event for STEM students in India.

Scale and structure of the challenge

Now in its eleventh edition, the 2026 challenge drew more than 5,000 registrations from students across 20 IITs and National Institutes of Technology (NITs). It was open to pre-final and final-year undergraduate and postgraduate students in B.E./B.Tech, M.E./M.Tech, MSc, MCA and integrated dual-degree programs.

Participants applied AI to enterprise problems in four areas: business intelligence, responsible AI,...

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Philips Home Appliances Launches ‘Sone Pe Double Suhaga’ Campaign

Building on the success of its ‘Sone Pe Suhaga’ campaign last festive season, Philips Home Appliances is returning with an even bigger festive proposition, ‘Sone Pe Double Suhaga’. Taking its festive promise a step further, the campaign gives consumers assured gifts on eligible Philips Home Appliance purchases with an exciting

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Why AI Isn’t Ready to Tackle Our Convoluted Genomes

The original version ofthis storyappeared inQuanta Magazine. Since its molecular structure was deduced in the 1950s, DNA has been hailed by many biologists as the secret of life. They’ve read and studied the information stored in the DNA found in the cells of living organisms, known as their genomes,

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'Sci-fi stunts to deflect from the fact that its EV business is stagnating': Tesla’s 'flying' Roadster might be radical, but in all the wrong ways to move electric vehicles forwards

After almost a decade of teasing, flip-flopping on design, and generally testing the patience of every single customer that originally placed a deposit, Tesla has taken the wraps off its completely radical and utterly bonkers Roadster. What started as a reimagining of the car that arguably kicked it all off

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Microplastics React With Water, a New Study Says. That’s a Problem for Biology

One of the reasons plastic has become so ubiquitous is that, generally, it’s very chemically stable, meaning it does not readily react with the substances around it. That’s why this material is so often used for food packaging and water bottles. The same was thought to be true

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Philips Home Appliances Launches ‘Sone Pe Double Suhaga’ Campaign

Why AI Isn’t Ready to Tackle Our Convoluted Genomes

'Sci-fi stunts to deflect from the fact that its EV business is stagnating': Tesla’s 'flying' Roadster might be radical, but in all the wrong ways to move electric vehicles forwards

Microplastics React With Water, a New Study Says. That’s a Problem for Biology